Being a working mother means that you are always disappointing somebody.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

Once women find a way to form community, everyone reaps the rewards.

What brings people down is the same thing over and over.

All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings